Beach Trails

Here’s my first moderately successful attempt at star trails!  I took this in Florida in 2008, so it’s an oldie.  I don’t do enough night photography.  I love long exposures so night photography seems like something I’d like to do, but I just don’t enough.  Maybe soon I’ll do more; I’ve got some ideas in mind.  This was 573 seconds by the way; around 9.5 minutes.

Exif information
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Original date	2008:05:29 9:51 PM
Exposure time	573 sec
Focal length	18mm
F-Stop	f/6.3
ISO speed	ISO-800
Exposure Bias	0

Little Corona's Rocks

Well I caught some flak from my aunt this weekend for not posting enough photos from California, so, by popular demand, here is another photograph from California!  I got a 10-stop neutral density filter for Christmas and this is exactly what I wanted it for.  This type of filter is very dark and reduces the amount of light that gets through the lens to the camera’s sensor, allowing for long exposures during the day.  The results, as seen below, are pretty cool when photographing moving water.  I took this at Little Corona Beach, which is part of the larger Corona Del Mar Beach in Orange County.  Corona Del Mar is quickly becoming my favorite; I actually went there again this weekend and did some shooting (this photo is about a month old).  There are lots of pretty rocks and tide pools, so there are plenty of subjects for photos.  I took this one near sunset, so I got a lot of warm sunsetty colors.

As you can see from the EXIF info below, this was a 30 second exposure.  I did some editing in Photoshop to get the colors and a few other things exactly how I wanted them.  This was really my first attempt at shooting with this filter and I’m pretty happy with the results.

Exif Information
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Original date	2010:01:22 15:33
Exposure time	30 sec
Focal length	10mm
F-Stop	f/8
ISO speed	ISO-100
Exposure Bias	0